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caste
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish casta (“lineage, breed, race”), of uncertain origin. The OED derives it from Portuguese casto (“chaste”), from Latin castus.Coromines (1987) argues instead for a hypothetical Gothic form *???????????????????? (*kasts), cognate with English cast, from Proto-Germanic *kastuz.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: käst, IPA(key): /k??st/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kæst/
- Homophones: cast, karst (in non-rhotic accents)
- Rhymes: -??st
Noun
caste (plural castes)
- Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies.
- Hyponyms: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Shudra, Vaishya, varna
- A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other.
- (zoology) A class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony.
Derived terms
- casteless
Translations
Anagrams
- Cates, Stace, cates, scate, sceat, taces
Dutch
Verb
caste
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of casten
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese casta, probably of Gothic and Germanic origin, or alternatively from a derivative of Latin castus.
Noun
caste f (plural castes)
- caste (hereditary class)
- class (social position)
References
- “caste” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Alternative forms
- casta
Etymology
Probably from Gothic *???????????????????? (*kasts), from Proto-Germanic *kastuz, *kast?n? (“to throw, cast”), compare English cast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kaste?/
Noun
caste f (plural castes)
- species, race or kind
- 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, Pontevedra: Impr. de D. José e D. Primitivo Vilas, page 29:
- Por aquí nacen os ricos polo outro probes labregos. Estas son as dúas castes que hai en todo o mundo inteiro.
- Here the rich people are born, there the poor peasants; these are the two races that there are in the whole world
- Por aquí nacen os ricos polo outro probes labregos. Estas son as dúas castes que hai en todo o mundo inteiro.
- 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, Pontevedra: Impr. de D. José e D. Primitivo Vilas, page 29:
- quality
- 1859, Ramón Barros Silvelo, Un dia de desfertuna, page 3:
- Dime logo que o probe do animal ou é de mala caste, ou ben non come
- He readily told me that the animal [that I was selling] either was of bad quality, or either it didn't eat
- Dime logo que o probe do animal ou é de mala caste, ou ben non come
- 1859, Ramón Barros Silvelo, Un dia de desfertuna, page 3:
- progeny; group of people that share a common ancestor
- 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, Pontevedra: Impr. de D. José e D. Primitivo Vilas, page 8:
- { soy llamado Pedro Luces ... } - To to to, vamos con tento que un home con ese nome pode ser caste do demo.
- {I am called Peter Lights...} —Wo wo wo! Let us be careful: a man with that name could de a Devil's child.
- { soy llamado Pedro Luces ... } - To to to, vamos con tento que un home con ese nome pode ser caste do demo.
- Synonyms: estirpe, fruxe, liñaxe
- 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, Pontevedra: Impr. de D. José e D. Primitivo Vilas, page 8:
Derived terms
- castizar (“to mate”)
- castizo (“stud pig”)
- de caste (“selected”)
References
- “caste” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “caste” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “caste” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Adjective
caste
- feminine plural of casto
Noun
caste f
- plural of casta
Anagrams
- cesta
Latin
Etymology 1
From castus +? -?.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?kas.te?/, [?käs?t?e?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?kas.te/, [?k?st??]
Adverb
cast? (comparative castius, superlative castissim?)
- purely, spotlessly, virtuously
- piously, religiously
Etymology 2
Inflected form of castus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?kas.te/, [?käs?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?kas.te/, [?k?st??]
Adjective
caste
- vocative masculine singular of castus
References
- caste in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caste in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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breed
English
Alternative forms
- breede (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English breden, from Old English br?dan, from Proto-Germanic *br?dijan? (“to brood”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?reh?- (“warm”). Cognate with Scots brede, breid, Saterland Frisian briede, West Frisian briede, Dutch broeden, German Low German bröden, German brüten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?i?d/
- Rhymes: -i?d
Verb
breed (third-person singular simple present breeds, present participle breeding, simple past and past participle bred)
- To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
- (transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of.
- a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men
- Of animals, to mate.
- To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
- To arrange the mating of specific animals.
- To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
- To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
- 1859, Edward Everett, An Oration on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Statue of Mr. Webster
- born and bred on the verge of the wilderness
- 1859, Edward Everett, An Oration on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Statue of Mr. Webster
- To yield or result in.
- 1634, John Milton, Comus
- Lest the place / And my quaint habits breed astonishment.
- 1634, John Milton, Comus
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.
- (sometimes as breed up) To educate; to instruct; to bring up
- 1724-1734', Bishop Burnet, History of My Own Time
- No care was taken to breed him a Protestant.
- His farm may not […] remove his children too far from him, or the trade he breeds them up in.
- 1724-1734', Bishop Burnet, History of My Own Time
- To produce or obtain by any natural process.
- Children would breed their teeth with much less danger.
- (intransitive) To have birth; to be produced, developed or multiplied.
- 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III Scene 1
- Fair encounter
- Of two most rare affections! Heavens rain grace
- On that which breed between 'em!
- 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III Scene 1
- (transitive) to ejaculate inside someone's ass
- 2018, Cassandra Dee, Paying My Boyfriend's Debt: A Billionaire Bad Boy Romance, Cassandra Dee Romance via PublishDrive
- “God, I love your ass,” he says, his voice almost a growl. “I'm gonna breed this ass tonight.”
- 2015, David Holly, The Heart's Eternal Desire, Bold Strokes Books Inc (?ISBN)
- “ Yes,” I said. “You want to fuck me, and I submit to you. My body is yours. Stuff me. Fill me. Breed my ass. Seed me, my love.
- year unknown, Tymber Dalton, Disorder in the House [Suncoast Society], Siren-BookStrand (?ISBN), page 32:
- “Then...you get...bred.”
- 2017, Casper Graham, Same Script, Different Cast [Scripts & Lyrics Trilogy], Siren-BookStrand (?ISBN), page 41:
- “I can't...can't last, baby.” / “I don't care. Come inside me. Breed me.”
- 2017, Casper Graham, Nothing Short of a Miracle [Scripts & Lyrics Trilogy], Siren-BookStrand (?ISBN), page 19:
- "Are you clean?" he asked. / "Yeah, I get tested recently." / "Perfect. Breed me.”
- 2018, Cassandra Dee, Paying My Boyfriend's Debt: A Billionaire Bad Boy Romance, Cassandra Dee Romance via PublishDrive
Synonyms
- (take care of in infancy and through childhood): raise, bring up, rear
Derived terms
Related terms
- breed in the bone
Translations
Noun
breed (plural breeds)
- All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
- a breed of tulip
- a breed of animal
- A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 12:
- And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence
- Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 12:
- (informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.
- People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed.
Translations
Anagrams
- berde, brede, rebed
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch breed, from Middle Dutch brêet, from Old Dutch *br?d, from Proto-West Germanic *braid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /br???t/, [bre?t]
Adjective
breed (attributive breë, comparative breër, superlative breedste)
- broad
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch brêet, from Old Dutch *br?d, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bre?t/, [bre?t]
- Hyphenation: breed
- Rhymes: -e?t
Adjective
breed (comparative breder, superlative breedst)
- broad, wide
- Antonyms: nauw, smal
Inflection
Derived terms
- breedband
- breedbeeld
- breeddoek
- breedgebouwd
- breedgerand
- breedgeschouderd
- breedgetakt
- breedgetakt
- breedspraak
- breedte
- breedvoerig
- hemelsbreed
- kamerbreed
- verbreden
Descendants
- Afrikaans: breed
- ? West Frisian: breed
Anagrams
- brede
West Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch breed, displacing older brie.
Adjective
breed
- broad, wide
Inflection
Derived terms
- breedteken
Further reading
- “breed”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English bred, from Old English br?ad, from Proto-Germanic *braud?. Cognates include English bread and Scots breid.
Noun
breed
- bread
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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